{"product_id":"the-doug-morton-songbook","title":"The Doug Morton Songbook","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20 Handpicked Compositions from a Bay Area Jazz Original\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWe are proud to give our jazz family access to the best songs of dozens of great jazz composers! Each composer personally selected 20 of their favorite original compositions and provided us with their own clean, accurate lead sheets — which we are now passing along to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThese digital songbooks will give your band an instant boost in repertoire, or offer you hours of inspiration in the woodshed, learning directly from the masters of jazz composition. Also perfect as a play-along resource.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDoug Morton has chops to spare in both classical music (as the long-time principal trumpet player in the Santa Rosa Symphony) and jazz. In the latter genre, his compositions and arrangements have been recorded by the Electric Squeezebox Orchestra and Dave Scott's Trumpet Supergroup, among others. Styles range from straight-ahead bebop to Brazilian grooves to adventurous, free-wheeling compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eDoug Morton is a versatile and wildly creative composer with deep roots in the Bay Area jazz community. Doug’s music is imaginative, harmonically rich, and full of surprise — the kind of tunes that reveal new layers each time you play them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the Book Includes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e20 lead sheets chosen by Doug Morton himself\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eClean, accurate PDFs for instant download\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIdeal for study, rehearsals, or performance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSample Song: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/9524\/5503\/files\/Doug_Morton_1_-_Small_Hands.pdf?v=1781910109\" title=\"The Doug Morton Songbook - Sample Song\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSmall Hands\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy It Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA rare glimpse into the musical world of one of the Bay Area’s unsung heroes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThese compositions are smart, fun to play, and full of personality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA great addition to any gigging group’s or educator’s library\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy these tunes as much as we have, you'll love \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-doug-morton-songbook-vol-2\" title=\"The Doug Morton Songbook: Volume 2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDoug's second volume\u003c\/a\u003e too!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sher Music Co.","offers":[{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":44207545516223,"sku":"e241","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/9524\/5503\/files\/The_Doug_Morton_Songbook.jpg?v=1745479724","url":"https:\/\/www.shermusic.com\/products\/the-doug-morton-songbook","provider":"Sher Music Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}